cleromancy (Divination by casting lots)

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• Casting lots — may refer to: Sortition, the casting or drawing of lots to make a fair form of selection Cleromancy, the casting or drawing of lots as a form of divination This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

• cleromancy — noun a) Divination by casting lots (sortilege). b) Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone …   Wiktionary

• cleromancy — /ˈklɛrəmænsi/ (say kleruhmansee) noun divination by casting lots. {Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from Greek kleros a lot + mancy} …  

• cleromancy —   n. divination by casting lots.    ♦ cleronomy, n. inheritance …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Cleromancy — Cler o*man cy, n. [Gr. ? lot + mancy; cf. F. cl[ e]romancie.] A divination by throwing dice or casting lots. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cleromancy — For the use of random selection as a way to make a fair form of selection, see Sortition. Cleromancy is a form of divination using sortition, casting of lots, or casting bones or stones, in which an outcome is determined by means that normally… …   Wikipedia

• divination — divinatory /di vin euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /div euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means. 2. augury; prophecy: The divination of the high priest… …   Universalium

• cleromancy — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌman(t)sē noun ( es) Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French cleromancie, from Medieval Latin cleromantia, from clero + mantia mancy : divination by means of casting lots …   Useful english dictionary

• Divination — This article is about divination as a whole. For the numerous varieties of divination, see Methods of divination. For other uses, see Divination (disambiguation). This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, supposedly tells the future by interpreting the… …   Wikipedia

• cleromancy — /klear euh man see, kler /, n. the casting of lots as a means of divination. [1600 10; < ML cleromantia, equiv. to Gk klêro(s) lot + manteía MANCY] * * * …   Universalium

• divination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prediction, prophecy, augury, guess; sorcery. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. augury, interpretation of omens, prediction, soothsaying, sorcery, calculation, foretelling, foreshadowing, palmistry, prognostics …   English dictionary for students